Cosas Que Se Balancean / Things That Balance

What do churros, macarons, and strudel have in common? In order to bake them successfully, pastry chefs must use fractions! Students will learn comparing fractions while engaged in reading about delectable desserts from around the world. This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts, and the full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts make learning math easy,...

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.

Para don Diego Velázquez retratar a la infanta Margarita, hija predilecta del rey Felipe IV, rodeada de sus damas y bufones, se le antoja, hoy más que nunca, tarea ardua. Todos los personajes del cuadro están ya prácticamente acabados de pintar, pero la princesa hace tiempo que no viene al estudio. Parece que se aburre posando. Murmuran que anoche se atrevió a confesárselo a su padre, después de la cena. ¡Y su Católica Majestad ha dicho que le cuenten cuentos! Protestan las meninas, los guardadamas, los enanos, hasta el propio pintor de cámara se queja. Sin embargo, cuando aparece...

The first Thanksgiving was a celebration. The pilgrims were thankful for the harvest they planted. Find out what the pilgrims ate for the first Thanksgiving. Paired to the fiction title A Year of Fun.